Grade Level Groupings
These groupings are just suggestions. Many combinations are possible and equally desirable. Reading level designation remains extremely subjective, causing even the experts to disagree. Our grade level suggestions are based on a combination of reading level, maturity, content, and level of thinking required by the novel study. You are strongly encouraged to make up your own set. Usually three to five books are studied during the course of a school year.
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Grades 3-4
Grades 5-6
- Adam of the Road
- Amos Fortune Free Man
- Ben and Me (Focus Guide)
- Caddie Woodlawn
- The Cricket in Times Square
- The Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (Focus Guide)
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- My Side of the Mountain
- The Twenty-One Balloons
- The Wheel on the School
- Where the Red Fern Grows
Grades 6-8
- Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
- Crispin: The Cross of Lead (Focus Guide)
- The Door in the Wall (Focus Guide)
- The Hobbit
- The Incredible Journey
- Island of the Blue Dolphins (Focus Guide)
- Julie of the Wolves
- King of the Wind
- The Light in the Forest
- Out of the Dust (Focus Guide)
- The Phantom Tollbooth (Focus Guide)
- Rifles for Watie
- The Witch of Blackbird Pond
- Words By Heart
- A Wrinkle in Time